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March 31, 2020
10 Questions with ... Jon ManleyBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
Got my foot in the door back in 2002 and never said "no" to any opportunity is the short version. The long version is I began as a street teamer at KSLX in Phoenix. Then became a weekender for KEDJ in 2003 (thank you Dead Air Dave and Nancy Stevens!) and did everything there from overnights to production to morning show co-host. I was hired by Chris Ripley to do nights in Vegas at KXTE in 2010 and within 6 months I was Production manager/APD/MD/Afternoons. In 2014 I was hired by Garett Michaels to be APD and afternoons at the legendary KNDD in Seattle. During my time there we achieved the highest ratings in the station’s illustrious history. In 2019 it was time for a new adventure, which led me back to the station I grew up listening to, WKQX in Chicago!
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March 24, 2020
10 Questions with ... Walter FlakusBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Wow! How to keep this short… I started down the path of a radio career working with some luminaries who offered great guidance but was lured away by a record contract with my band Stabbing Westward. Turned out to be a good call which lead to 4 ...
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March 17, 2020
10 Questions with ... Theresa (a.k.a TheresaRockFace)BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I left college for a radio Internship and never left. I was 20 years old and failing out of college when I got my foot in the door. I’ve only worked in 2 markets, K.C and Houston. So, I’ve have been in radio my entire adult life. 1. ...
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March 10, 2020
10 Questions with ... Ian CamfieldBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Xfm & MTV in U.K., K-Rock in New York, KDKB & KUPD in Phoenix, KVIL in Dallas. 1. How did you first become interested in radio? I saw Tommy Vance host the BBC’s Friday Rock Show when I was eight years old. I decided there and then radio ...
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March 3, 2020
10 Questions with ... Steve BurrellBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started in 2001 with KSMT “The Mountain” in Breckenridge, Colorado in promotions. We were a satellite fed station with almost zero live and local talent. When our satellite went down for the weekend, I was pressed into duty spinning CD’s ...
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February 25, 2020
10 Questions with ... Shredd & RaganBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Shredd Little league Baseball announcer at age 14 (1977-78). High school station WEPS MD/on-air (1979-1981). KHITS 104/Reno Nights (1987-88), WPHD/Buffalo overnights/AM Drive producer (1988-1989), WUFX (The Fox)/Buffalo AM Drive producer ...
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February 18, 2020
10 Questions with ... Jason & DebBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Jason It’s a story as old as time... started out as a promo kid in college, hounded the PD (Melody Lee) to put me on-air on weekends/overnights, ducked being fired a few times, sidled my way into the side-kick role when the KROX morning show blew ...
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February 11, 2020
10 Questions with ... Brian Haddad, Ali Mattacola & Justin NettlebeckBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Brian This is my second act at WKQX. My first run was from 1999-2005 in Afternoons and as Creative Director under the moniker "Sludge." The job that got me to Chicago was Nights/Creative Director at WRCX, and before I left I did Mornings at WZZN ...
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February 4, 2020
10 Questions with ... Aaron Zytle (AKA Stace Edwards)BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I've been in radio since 2001 and have been fortunate enough to work just about all brands of Rock, Classic Hits, Classic Rock, Alternative and Active Rock. I spent 6 years programming KRXP in Colorado Spring and learned my craft from two great ...
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January 28, 2020
10 Questions with ... Eric WhiteBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: BA from San Francisco State University, Interned then hired at then Clear Channel in Williamsport, PA. Took a sales job until an on-air position opened up. Over the total of 12 years moved into nights, then worked up to PM Drive, to mornings while ...